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SNYDER'S STYLISTIC SAGA: Dissecting the Director's Cinematic Language and the Divisive Response to His Superhero Spectacles

April 24, 2024 Jerk Season 2 Episode 52
SNYDER'S STYLISTIC SAGA: Dissecting the Director's Cinematic Language and the Divisive Response to His Superhero Spectacles
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SNYDER'S STYLISTIC SAGA: Dissecting the Director's Cinematic Language and the Divisive Response to His Superhero Spectacles
Apr 24, 2024 Season 2 Episode 52
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Embark on a cinematic journey through the lens of Zack Snyder's filmography as we dissect the nuances of his signature style and the strong reactions it elicits within the critic community. This episode peels back the layers of Snyder's work, from the slow-motion spectacle to the moments where the narrative blurs, and we offer a candid take on the films that resonate with us and those that leave us feeling indifferent. Prepare for an insightful analysis that promises to enhance your understanding of storytelling techniques and the polarizing nature of Snyder's creations, as we navigate the complexities of his superhero epics and the subtleties of his lesser-known projects.

Grappling with Snyder's unique take on iconic characters, we tackle the transformative storytelling evident in "Man of Steel" and debate the portrayal of Lex Luthor in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice." Delve into the meticulous detail of the extended cut and how it reshapes the film's narrative. Meanwhile, "Zack Snyder's Justice League" stands as a testament to his vision, and we ponder the potential of a Batman film under his direction. From the ambitious sci-fi saga "Rebel Moon" to the animated finesse of "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole," we traverse genres and formats, offering a perspective that's as much about the craft of cinema as it is about the immersive experience it promises to viewers.

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Embark on a cinematic journey through the lens of Zack Snyder's filmography as we dissect the nuances of his signature style and the strong reactions it elicits within the critic community. This episode peels back the layers of Snyder's work, from the slow-motion spectacle to the moments where the narrative blurs, and we offer a candid take on the films that resonate with us and those that leave us feeling indifferent. Prepare for an insightful analysis that promises to enhance your understanding of storytelling techniques and the polarizing nature of Snyder's creations, as we navigate the complexities of his superhero epics and the subtleties of his lesser-known projects.

Grappling with Snyder's unique take on iconic characters, we tackle the transformative storytelling evident in "Man of Steel" and debate the portrayal of Lex Luthor in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice." Delve into the meticulous detail of the extended cut and how it reshapes the film's narrative. Meanwhile, "Zack Snyder's Justice League" stands as a testament to his vision, and we ponder the potential of a Batman film under his direction. From the ambitious sci-fi saga "Rebel Moon" to the animated finesse of "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole," we traverse genres and formats, offering a perspective that's as much about the craft of cinema as it is about the immersive experience it promises to viewers.

Speaker 1:

What's up? This is the Objective, jerk, and I'm said jerk, how's everybody doing? This is my part two, which is not really a part two, but I just I'm recording two podcasts back to back, and I've never done that before. They are not connected in any way other than the fact that it's me, so I already did the other one. That one is being uploaded and now I'm going to talk about what I was originally wanting to talk about anyway. So, and this one I will be able to post on YouTube, um, or I mean, I can post it, but it'll get buried. Nobody will watch it.

Speaker 1:

I wonder, you know, I was thinking about that. I was like what, if I put like hashtag all the stuff, I'm sure they probably, when people hashtag it wrong to make people go to it, and then they see that it's like false advertisement. If they kind of you get, kind of sure you probably get in trouble or something I don't know. But, um, anyway. So, um, talk about Zack Snyder, right, everybody knows. Anybody that watches films knows who Zack Snyder is. Yeah, maybe, maybe not One thing that you do know, maybe, except for Dawn of the Dead and the owl movie, you know it's a Zack Snyder film. You know what I mean. Like you can watch him like oh this is Zack Snyder, without even really knowing he does have a style, um, but I'm not. I'm not like there are some people that are just like straight up gargling anything that Zack Snyder does, and I'm not that, but I'm also not like hating anything he does either. You know what I mean. Again, like I'm kind of in the middle Um, I pretty much like or enjoy most of his movies, as I said before when I, when I rate something, it's like would I watch it a second time or would I buy it. So he's got a couple of movies that I enjoyed the first time around but I wouldn't watch it again, or I wouldn't care to watch it again, um, and then there's, you know, a couple of that I wouldn't buy, maybe one, yeah, I, you know a couple that I wouldn't buy, maybe one, yeah, I think there's like two, the rest I don't know. We'll talk about it more later. But so that's kind of how I you know.

Speaker 1:

So, like many people, I don't, um, I've been very disillusioned with Hollywood and Disney, marvel, all that kind of crap, you know, because the the crap movies they've been putting out, Just I, just it turns. You know, I don't even, I don't even waste my time Giving a movie a shot. I have to, one, be interested and two, have someone whose opinions I respect, whether it's a friend or a YouTuber, to go ahead and watch it. You know, like the Prey movie with the Predator, I wasn't really. I didn't care much for the trailer. I think they did a bad job. And then the critical drinker talked about that it's actually not a bad film and so I watched it and I and I I did like it. You know, I mean, it's not the greatest thing ever, but it was enjoyable. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. But you know, 300 Watchmen, dawn of the Dead, those are all Zack Snyder films. Because of those films I'll, I'll pretty much watch a Zack Snyder film. I mean not blindly, but you know, I'll give it a chance, I'll give it a shot and, you know, maybe even I'm excited to watch it, you know.

Speaker 1:

Okay, so to say I'm in the middle is maybe not accurate. I'm probably leaning more towards fanboy. You know what I mean. But I'm not, I don't consider myself fanboy. You know, I couldn't just watch nothing but Zack Snyder films all day long because the slow motion and stuff would get kind of old. You nothing but Zack Snyder films all day long because the, the slow motion and stuff would get kind of old. You know what I mean.

Speaker 1:

Um, but so these people like neurotic and and all the people that he kind of, you know they have multiple whatever and and and um, what's his face? The critical drinker, like they hate Zack Snyderder. I mean they don't hate all his films from what I can tell, um, but they just it seems kind of like, especially like with the Rebel Moon. They just really um, like they really looking for something to bitch about it, because I think they get more views and more interaction when they, when they, when they do shit on a movie. So, and and right now it's much easier to shit on movies, you know. Now, granted, you know they maybe don't really like Zack Snyder style, which is fine, but I just think there's a lot of unfair criticism that just seems kind of biased.

Speaker 1:

You know what I mean, and you have people that there's extreme likes and dislikes. You know what I mean, from both have people that there's extreme likes and dislikes. You know what I mean, from both sides. You got people that, just like I said, love anything and everything, zack Snyder, and they just sit at home and watch Zack Snyder films and whatever this you know, and then you got people that just look for things to bitch about it instead of kind of I don't know.

Speaker 1:

So for me, I just I like to have a movie that doesn't pull me out of it. You know what I mean. I like to have a movie that will suck me in to the world where I'm watching and it entertains, and it doesn't. It doesn't, it doesn't pull me out of it with stupid politics or really stupid storylines or plot holes or certain things like that. You know, um, I mean, I mean, I think it's kind of rare to find a movie that doesn't have a plot hole. But just the real, you know, the massive ones were just like what the hell? You know, things like that kind of pull me out of it, and those are the films that I don't like. Um, but the thing is is, like you know, rebel Moon, it gets shit on by. That's the thing too is like neurotic and and and and.

Speaker 1:

Um, I keep thinking of Critical Drinker. Right, those individuals, they they shit on critics. But then when the critics shit on a film that they want to shit on. Then they're like, oh, look at, see, look, even the critics. It's like, well, you know, I don't give a fuck about the critics, I don't care. I mean, I guess Neurotic and Critical Drinker are critics to an extent, but they don't. You know, as far as I could tell, they don't get little hand-me-downs and this and that you know they. I kind of think they're getting a little too big for their britches. You know, and, and and they're getting more and more popular and, and and they're kind of thinking that they are becoming, you know, the ultimate gatekeeper, kind of that's. I don't know, and it's more.

Speaker 1:

I see that with, with, with Zack Snyder film. So you know, uh, zack Snyder was on Joe Rogan a while back. I think I did listen to it. I was out in the garage doing stuff, so I didn't like completely absorb everything, but I mean, you know, I listened to it and I remember hearing it and then, like, a lot of the critiques is that you know, zack Snyder pointed out that this many views of rebel moon on Netflix, and if you times that by 10, $10, which is the price of a ticket, it would make, like, you know, a billion dollars, or it'd make a lot more money than like Barbie or whatever, right, and people were like, oh my God, he's so full of crap.

Speaker 1:

And it's like, well, no, he's not full of crap, it's just simple math. There was this many views. Multiply that by a movie ticket. It's not hard, it's not difficult. The thing is, would it have that many views if it was in theaters, though? I think you'd get a lot more people giving it a shot and watching it because it's in their home, streaming, as opposed to going to the theaters. You know what I mean. So there's a little bit of a balancing, you know what I mean. So if it was just released in theaters, I don't think it would have got as many views. I think it was done fairly Okay, maybe I don't know.

Speaker 1:

The thing is, and I don't want to talk too much about. Well, I is and I don't want to talk too much about. Well, I'll talk about later, when I do my film, because I'm gonna I'm gonna do like I did with the Tarantino films and and very, um, poorly describe the films. And again, I haven't watched the. I mean, I watched the Rebel Moon. Part two is the most recent film I've seen, um, but yeah, so that's kind of it as far as that goes.

Speaker 1:

So I'm gonna talk about the films, right, and I don't count the Zack Snyder one, the justice league that Josh Whedon did, cause that thing was trash and I mean, although he started it, whatever, but since he released the Snyder cut, then I don't even I don't even look at this, that other one as a snyder film anyway. So I'm going to start with my least favorite snyder film, talk about it a little bit and then go down to the next one, all the way to my favorite snyder, my most favorite, right. So here we go. So my least favorite Snyder film as of now is army of the dead. Wait, is that what's called? I should pull it up, I guess. Huh, oh, did I record on my video? Oh, I did. Okay, I was gonna have to redo that all over again. Okay, army of the dead, right.

Speaker 1:

So this came out in 2021, so halfway through the bullshit, covid, or towards the end, I guess. Maybe I don't know. It's different for me here, being in the Philippines, but, um, I remember being pretty excited when I saw that this was coming out. You know, cause, like I said, I am a fan of Zack Snyder. I'm not a Snyder boy or whatever you want to call it. I'm not a fan boy, but I am a fan. You know I do generally like his films.

Speaker 1:

Um, so I was excited for this film and I do not like it. I think I even watched it twice just to kind of see. Maybe because you know, sometimes you'll go into a movie and you just have these super high expectations and then when it comes out you're just like what? Or I went to movies where I've had really low expectations. I'm like, oh man, that's pretty good, that's way better than I thought. So you know, I watched the film. I did not like it. Um six months, maybe even a year after it came out, I watched it again and it's still kind of the same. It just it. It didn't, I guess I don't know.

Speaker 1:

It kind of seemed like it was the opening scene was awesome, like it almost seems like it should have started with that, like this maybe was like a film series and maybe it should have started with the breakout and then showing the beginning part of it and like the army of the dead would have been like the third film in a franchise or something. You know what I mean like it. Just I don't know. There was cool things about it.

Speaker 1:

I guess the blurry lens thing. I know he's like a big photographer, cinematographer, like he likes, and I appreciate that I like some of his. You know people get pissed about his slow motion things and I I like it. It's almost like a really great picture. That's like the HDR pictures or something that you know. I don't mind the slow motion stuff. I can get why people get turned off by it, but I don't mind it. But the blurry thing kind of bugs me a little off by it, but I don't mind it. But the blurry thing kind of bugs me a little. I don't, I don't really like the blurry, especially so much of it. I don't know. But I don't know. I, I just I'm not, I can't articulate, you know, like a like a uh film critic about these films. I just I can explain why what I well, I mean kind of. I mean sometimes I can't, I can't explain, I just know I didn't like it. I was, I was disappointed in the film, which is why it's my least favorite film of Zack Snyder's. So all right.

Speaker 1:

Next film would be Legend of the Guardians the Owls of Gahool. I saw this when it first came out on video. I had this job security job. It was a pretty good job actually for an Army installation that did chemical testing and various things in the middle of nowhere they used to joke and call it Area 52. I was working at Gate on weekends when there wasn't much going on because you would work with somebody else, you know. So you could kind of get away with watching a film and still do your job, and I mean, you have to pause it a lot and whatever, which is kind of annoying. But anyway, that's when I saw this film and it's more of a family-oriented film I remember thinking that visually it was very cool. I don't even remember the story or anything.

Speaker 1:

Um, you know, if it comes out on Netflix, I'd probably watch it with my kids, even though they're a little older now. Maybe they would like it. I'd give it another shot. But it wasn't. I wasn't like, oh, wow, you know, um, I didn't even know it was Zack Snyder till like years later or something. I was like, oh, I didn't know he did that in film, but anyway, so, yeah, so that's why that's my you know, my next least favorite. All right, so next then would be so from here on out.

Speaker 1:

I like all the films. It's just I like certain films more than others, right? So next would be Rebel Moon and Rebel Moon 2. I mean because I don't know like Rebel Moon by itself. I could kind of get Like if Rebel Moon was just released as it was and that was it.

Speaker 1:

No plan part two, no, nothing. I mean I guess this would still be where it's at, but it I could kind of see why. Because the movie part one by itself is really kind of not much going on. You know it's like it's you know them getting together in this net. I don't know it's it. I kind of think they should have released them together. You know what I mean, cause part one and part two make more sense as one movie. I mean it's a long ass movie, but you know it. It makes better sense for me anyway. Um, it makes better sense for me anyway.

Speaker 1:

Now, you know, a lot of the criticism is like it's nothing new, which is true. It pulls heavily from Seven Summer, or it's old Japanese. Yeah, I think it's called Seven Summer. Anyway, it's like it's what Magnificent Seven is based off of, the original Magnificent Seven. So it's an old story, story's nothing new. You know there's nothing exceptional about the overall story. It's a basic, simple story at its heart. But you know it has a lot of cool characters, decent characters, a different, a whole nother world. So the thing that for me, like I haven't seen dune dune's even on netflix and I haven't watched it mainly because the main actor, I, just the guy, bugs me and I don't know why, I can't explain why I just have no urge to watch a film with him as the main character in it. Everyone else in it I like.

Speaker 1:

But also sci-fi movies or fantasy movies that are just so, so, completely their own world has never been appealing to me. Like I like a little bit of our world or things that we know you know, a little more reality, grounded, base, you know. So like with Rebel Moon you got the farmers and you got the houses which look, you know European, old, some stuff is like Viking, the long house and you know they're, they're farmers and the grain and and there's lots of things that you can either relate to or you've seen before in our culture, our history. You know what I mean. And then plus and then add some sci-fi to it. So for me that's always been easier for me, you know what I mean and then plus and then add some sci-fi to it. So for me that's always been easier.

Speaker 1:

For me, you know, like this, you know, like Star Wars, star Wars, um, had like some retro kind of style things to it, but yet it was in the future. Um, star Trek was very more, you know, really crazy sci-fi, which I was never a big Star Trek, I mean. You know I like some of it, but I like Dune is just like so weird, it's creative, but that's just for me. Personally, that's never been attractive to me. As far as sci-fi, I like more fantasy sci-fi than just straight up sci-fi. You know what I mean. I don't know if that makes any sense.

Speaker 1:

So I don't really have an urge to watch Dune, even though I have not heard a bad thing about him. I don't know, I just it. Just I don't know, someday maybe my kids want to watch it. Hey, watch this with me, dad. Then, okay, I'll sit down and watch it. And then I'll probably be like oh, dude, this is so awesome, which is probably the case. It's just I don't know. I just don't watch anything and everything anymore. Um, but yeah, so rebel moon one and two, I, I was excited, you know, when it was coming out.

Speaker 1:

You know I understood that it was kind of based off of a start star Wars idea that Zack Snyder had, but was turned down so, and you obviously do see a lot of star Wars type, you know. So there's not a whole lot of originality with this film, but it's entertaining. Um, it's visually appealing. Um, it's not perfect, it's not great, I mean it's not it's not perfect, but it's it's entertaining. Um, I, I, you know I'd watch it again someday. I'm waiting for the R rated to come out and I'll watch that and see where that takes me out. And I'll watch that and see where that takes me. But that's so.

Speaker 1:

You know, I enjoyed the movie cause it, it took me out of my life and I was engaged in what was going on, you know, and I enjoyed it. You know it's, it's not groundbreaking, it's not like. You know, I remember watching like the matrix in theaters when it came out in 99. And to me that movie was like whoa. You know, I remember watching like the matrix in theaters when it came out 99, and to me that movie was like whoa, you know, mind-blowing whoa. Just, you know, rebel moon is not that, it's it's it's. It's not as bad, I think, as people try and make it out to be, because it is very popular getting a lot of views both of them but I kind of wish they were they're put out together. I don't know, we'll see. I'm curious to see what the r-rated version is going to be because, um, I definitely like zach snyder's extended cuts of his films much better than what is released theatrically, but anyway, so, yeah, rebel moon and two, that's kind of their place, all right.

Speaker 1:

So next would be man of steel, and I guess a lot of people just absolutely love this movie and I think it's a great movie. I'm not a huge Superman fan, but this film actually made me like Superman more than I ever did. Like I just saw. I was just on the shitter and I saw this photo and I took a screenshot. Hold on the shitter and I saw this photo and I took a screenshot. Hold on, and you know most crap that's on social media and Twitter. Holy crap, I'm at 21 minutes and I still got. I gotta hurry up, um, but most of it's like you know, you got, you got the trolls and then you got the people that are just trying to get engagement, so like they're saying things that they actually don't believe, but they're just saying it to get people to argue and whatever this and that. So, but so this guy, well, I guess he has it for great. I guess I don't know the way he has Zack Snyder's films watchable, good, great and masterpiece is a little different than how I would go, but anyway.

Speaker 1:

So, man of steel, um, I didn't really care much when this was coming out. I remember, um, I thought it looked good and I thought I would watch it eventually. But I've never been a superman fan. I mean not like I hate him, I just was like. You know, Superman returns was okay. I saw it, I think, in Iraq, um, you know. So I mean, I gave it a shot.

Speaker 1:

But this film made me appreciate Superman more. It made me like him more. You know what I mean, um, more it made me like him more. You know what I mean. Um, I think you know people are like oh, he's so sad and this and that, but it's like I actually liked that. You know he's trying to figure himself out. I hate the, the bumbling boy scout. Oh, gee, golly Superman. That Reeves was, and and what's his face for Superman Returns. That's why I never really got into it. So it was kind of nice to see Superman that has flaws essentially Maybe it was internal and mental flaws but he was working on it, he was trying to figure things out and I love the fact that it killed Zod, broke his neck neck that was awesome.

Speaker 1:

So, um, I actually just bought this recently because I had watched it and then I didn't watch it. For when would this come out? 2013? So, yeah, almost 10 years. And then I bought it and watched it and, yeah, I like it. It's a good film, I think. Um, all right, all right.

Speaker 1:

So next would be Batman versus Superman, donna justice, the extended cut for me. I have not seen the, the original or the theatrical cut. Um, I only saw the extended cut cause that's what I ordered on voodoo or whatever. Um, so a lot of things that I heard that people said didn't make sense, like plot holes. Those plot holes were filled with the extended cut. I liked the film a lot. Seeing Wonder Woman on screen was cool. I loved this take on Batman.

Speaker 1:

I'm one of the people that really, you know, I don't think he's the greatest of all time, but just visually, ben app, I don't or. I mean I just liked where it was. You know it was. You know people are like, oh, batman doesn't kill, it's like, well, he's killed a lot in the comics. Actually, it's not like zack steiner invented batman killing um, you know. And then to me it was just like he was so disgruntled he just didn't care. And then I I saw it as like if they progressed with his character, he would went back to his non-killing, because you know he was, he was disgruntled and angry, and then superman kind of showed him how you can be good even in a shitty world, or what you know what I mean. Like there was, there was an arc that was being worked, but we didn't get a chance to see it.

Speaker 1:

Um. The only thing, though, I didn't like was I did not like um what's his faces as a Jesse Eisenberg. I didn't like him as um damn Luther, luther. That was about the only thing I didn't like, but other than that, I liked that film. It's pretty good. I think I like it All right.

Speaker 1:

Next would be Zack Snyder's justice league. So I'm not a huge DC fan. I love Batman. I grew up with Batman, um, but as far as like comics and stuff. I was always into Marvel more, but so the Justice League was pretty cool. I think I saw both Of them.

Speaker 1:

The Joss Whedon One sucks. This one is much, much, much better. It's a little long. You have to be in the mood and be ready to like Not do anything for a while. What is it? Six hours, for how long is it? I kind of forgot. But I think, um, it's, it's, it's entertaining. I bought it. Oh, so that's the other thing. I keep forgetting to rate these. How so? Zack snyder, or army of dead, I've only seen once. No, I saw it twice, that's right, but that's it. Rebel Moon oh, I did kind of rate that, I guess. So man of Steel I watched it once and then I ended up buying it. So that's kind of how I feel about it.

Speaker 1:

Batman v Superman, the extended version I bought it. Zack Snyder's Justice League I bought it. So that kind of shows you like how I, you know I like it or not. Um, it's, um, I don't know it's, I think it's it's. It's not as good as Watchmen, but it's um, it's up there, I think. Well, obviously it's up there in my list, right? Um, but if the Joss Whedon one hadn't existed, I think this one I don't know it just kind of ruins it a little sort of you know what I mean. But anyway, so not much else to say it, I'm glad they released it.

Speaker 1:

Uh, I wouldn't mind if netflix let snyder do a bat Batman film with Affleck and stuff. I would rather somebody write the screenplay. Like, I don't mind Zack Snyder coming up with a story, but you know, everybody knows his strength is visuals. So I'd rather. I'm hoping that whoever wrote you know the people that wrote Batman versus Superman, I think was the writers, were, I think what's his name? S Goyer, whatever his name is. So if he gets the same people to come on to write like a Batman film, then that'd be cool. I would still watch. Like if, if you know the people that wrote his rebel moon were to write a Batman, I'd be a little disappointed in that but I'd still watch it. But who knows, you never know, right? Okay, I'm at almost a half hour already. Crap, all right.

Speaker 1:

So next film is Sucker Punch. I like Sucker Punch. A lot of people don't, I guess they think it was like kind of degrading for women. I thought it was empowering. I mean, I don't know, I think you know it's a whole film of women being badass. I mean, yeah, they're dressed a little scantily or whatever, but you know, men are visual creatures, it's just the way it is.

Speaker 1:

Um, and I have the director's cutter extended cut of this, um, I thought it was cool. It's a little depressing, I guess, the story, but but all in all I think it's it's. See, this is a little uh, what do you call it? Um, unique or whatever. You know people are like oh, zach Snyder's Rebel Moon is nothing new. Well, I think with Sucker Punch he did, and he was, you know, screenplay by him and one other person. So this is one of the ones where, where he was involved, heavily involved, in the writing that I think it works.

Speaker 1:

So I enjoy this film. I watch it every couple Years or something. I would say so and, like I said, I own it. Um, but yeah, so there's that, okay. Next would be Dawn of the Dead. Now, the reason this is so far up there is because you know it was almost like Matrix-y. You know it was like whoa. It just blew you away right when it came out. It was like dude zombies running, what you know. So it was very entertaining. I've watched it probably three times. But I don't own it. I do want to buy it. I just I haven't yet, um, but yeah, so this is a great movie visually. It's not.

Speaker 1:

You know, it's his first film, so it's not the whole slow-mo snyder because it's his first one. They were probably, you know, holding his's his first film, so it's not the whole slow-mo Snyder Because it's his first one. They were probably, you know, holding his hands up a little bit, tying his hands. So, you know, once this became popular, then he was able to have free reign. So, but, yeah, I think this was one of those ones that really just kind of like whoa, you know, blew a lot of people away.

Speaker 1:

So next would be 300, which I think is the movie he did after, and this one obviously has. So you have dawn of the dead when this come out. I think it was 2004, yeah, this was 2006. Yeah, so I think it's the next film and this is like nothing but snyder, but it was groundbreaking at the time and it was nobody had seen it before. So, you know, and it worked really well because he just basically recreated the comic book and, um, it's a great film.

Speaker 1:

It's not one I can watch super often, you know I, I mean, I do own it, but you know I could go a while without watching it. I do love it but I don't know Like it's hard to like. I love the relationship, uh, leonidas has with his wife and stuff, and you know some of the stuff it's very masculine kind of whatever. And I think this is why a lot of people on the left gives snyder hate is because this movie is just full-on oh man movie, you know, um, but you know it's cool, I like it all right.

Speaker 1:

So my favorite film of snyder's so far is Watchmen, which I think is for a lot of people. It's that a lot of people is Watchmen or 300. Some people have a sucker punch, which I like them, you know, but for me I think Watchmen is his best, uh, best film and you know, screenplay is not by him, which I think helps. But, um, yeah, this film is awesome. Uh, I have the director, I own it, I own the director's cut or extended, whatever you want to call it, I don't know. Um, supposedly they're going to redo it or he's going to even do another release and I'm just like, oh man, come on killing me. But I think this film is great, just the whole story and the world building and the visuals and stuff.

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This movie just works really well with the Snyder style. You know what I mean. Style, you know what I mean. Um, I think like people like with rebel moon, like the, like the whole, when they're harvesting the wheat and a lot of it's slow motion, people are like, oh my God, really, yeah, I can get that, you know, like I can. I can understand why they would be like, you know, come on. But at the same time I like it. It's not as good as Watchmen, you know, I think it's.

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I like it better when he does slow motion of like really important kind of parts of the story, which the wheat was a big part of the story, I guess you could say Um, but it wasn't enough to where the whole thing was slow-mo. I don't know, I think they could have, they could have filmed that whole scene and just had maybe the one part of them throwing it up and then we're just filling up his flask with the water, with slow-mo, everything else, leave it as is. I think would have been fine. But, um, you know the, the slow motion and watchmen and the fight scenes and just the kind of character. I don't know visually, it's just. It's just, it's pretty cool, it's a good movie. It's kind of depressing, I guess you could say, but it's pretty good. But yeah, so that's it.

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So my most favorite just to break it down Favorite Snyder film is Watchmen, then the next would be 300, then would be Dawn of the Dead, then Sucker Punch, then Zack Snyder's Justice League, then Batman vs Superman, then man of Steel, rebel Moon, 1 and 2, and then at the bottom three would be the Legends of the Guardians, or no. I guess the bottom three would be Rebel Moon, but really the only ones I don't really care much for is Army of the Dead and Legends of the Guardians. The rest, the rest of the films I like. I, like you, know some more than others, but I enjoy them. You know what I mean. So I, like you, know some more than others, but I enjoy them. You know what I mean.

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So, generally speaking, if Snyder's releasing a new film, I'm going to watch it, unless it just seems completely horrendous. It's like something stupid, like some kind of romantic comedy, like bros or something. Then I might, but I don't really see him doing that. Um, but that's it. That's my take on Snyder and his films. I guess Let me know what you think, if you agree, disagree or your opinion. Alright, and thanks for Listening this long and I'll see you guys Next time. Alright, bye.

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